Intel Core i5-12600K vs AMD Ryzen 7 9700X

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i5 10 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 9000 Series 8 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

The cheapest price from our partner retailers

$ 184.46
$ 117.10 significantly less expensive
$ 301.56

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

9422 points
11120 points
18% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

12057 points
13778 points
14% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

8581 points
10239 points
19% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

8381 points
9995 points
19% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

8019 points
9722 points
21% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

233.94 points
302.05 points
29% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

11863 points
16965 points
43% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2478 points
3349 points
35% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

10
25% slightly more cores
8

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
Identical
16

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.7 GHz
3.8 GHz
2% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.9 GHz
5.5 GHz
12% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

150 W
65 W
130% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

800 KiB
25% slightly more L1 cache
640 KiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

20 MiB
32 MiB
60% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

102nd of 1,089
67th of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i5
Ryzen 9000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 November
2024 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes
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Core i5-12600K vs Ryzen 7 9700X comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 7 9700X performs better than the Core i5-12600K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-12600K in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i5-12600K has slightly more cores with 10 cores whereas the Ryzen 7 9700X has 8 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 9700X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-12600K. Also, the Ryzen 7 9700X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 7 9700X outputs less heat than Core i5-12600K thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i5-12600K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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